Gun slang!

[Bobo]

"Ram it home"

Originally referred to using a ramrod.

 

[Axman]

If we're not supposed to use Gun, what about Arm ? (As in bearing Arms)

I have two arms! Fortunately they are not from a bear.

 

[evan price]

I recall a lean huge man screaming at me, "BOATS CARRY GUNS! MARINES CARRY RIFLES!" (No, I am not and have never been a Marine! This was a guy I used to shoot with)

When my friends used to get together on their farm and hose down some unfortunate piece of machinery, dead appliance ,or old car in a fusillade of simultaneous fire: "Let's make it loud, boys!"

How-bout:

Double Tap
Hangfire

 

[TonyB]

I use "packin'"alot.That's about it though.Sometimes pistola.
I do however refer to my CCW as "Gladys"

 

[Keith Wheeler]

Favorites?

Buzzgun, burpgun, bullet-hose, subgun.

"Stick" -- magazine for a subgun.

pistol caliber subguns not big enough for you? "fire for effect"

 

[clarkpat]

Weapon naming

Several years ago I barrowed the idea of naming my rifles and pistols with female names as seen in "Gone in sixty seconds". I liked the fact that my friends and I could say eileen (my .357 6in. stainless GP100 ) and know what was being refered to.

 

[Dangerousman]

I detest it when people call magazines clips.

Sigh.... I went into a gun store once and asked if they had magazines....and the guy behind the counter said "No, but we carry a few books." :banghead:

What do you think it will take to get people to replace the term "revolver" with "rotator?" Technically, the cylinder rotates, it doesn't revolve.

 

[Axman]

Sigh.... I went into a gun store once and asked if they had magazines....and the guy behind the counter said "No, but we carry a few books."

THe other day I went to WackyWallyWorld and asked the guy at the sporting goods counter if they carried .25ACP. He said, "No, but we have the regular .25's!" :banghead:

 

[johnster999]

Sometimes I like to turn money into noise. Send a few dollars downrange. Empty the wallet on the ol' bullseye. Well, you get the picture.
999

 

[TamThompson]

"The whole shootin' match," as in, "Get those barbeque tools over here, not just the tongs or the mitt, I mean the whole shootin' match!" Synonym for "everything included."

"Stick to your guns."

She's a real pistol," meaning a high-strung, go-off-on-you-any-second temperament.

 

[Axman]

I also remember hearing a guy refer to a revolver as a "pinwheel" a while pack. It's similar to "wheelgun", wonder if that's a derivitive? Another one I heard at a shooting range was "lead roller".

 

[3fgburner]

My favorite variation on the "bust a cap" theme came from a buddy at Jamestown. J. was driving along, saw a hitchhiker and picked him up. Bozo pulls a knife on him. J. reaches down behind his seat, and pulls out a Queen Anne pistol. Sticks it in the guy's face, and says,

"Don't make me chip a flint in your ass!".​

Made the guy get out, leave his knife and wallet on the passenger seat, and walk. Snagged the $$ out of the wallet as an aggravation fee, and then left knife and wallet at a police station.

 

[The Burnside Ninja]

So, I've noticed on THR- you guys call people "Trolls". LOL... I have no clue what that means.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

This use of troll is not limited to THR.

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/troll.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/troller.htm

 

[Axman]

A troll is a person who goes to a website and tries to start crap with the regulars. A s#!t stirrer, so-to-speak.